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| Name: | Kevin Watson |
| Institution: | University of Canterbury |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Homepage: | http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/Kevin-Watson/ |
| State and/or Country: | United Kingdom |
| Linguistic Field(s): |
Phonetics Sociolinguistics |
| Specialty: | Sociophonetics and Language variation and change |
| Selected Publications: |
E.G.
Watson, K. (2007) Liverpool English. Journal of the International Phonetics Association, 37/3, 351-360. Watson, K. (2006a) Lenition and segmental interaction: evidence from Liverpool English (and Spanish). Glossa, 1/1, 54-71. Watson, K. (2006b) Phonological resistance and innovation in the North-West of England. English Today 22/2. 55-61 |
| Courses Taught: |
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Undergraduate: LING151 Introduction to General Linguistics, LING203 English Sounds and Structures Masters: Investigating Spoken English |
| Dissertation Director * of: |
Prefixation and Reduplication in Malay: An optimality theoretical account
(Sharifah Syed Jaafar, Author) |
| Reviewer of: |
Review: Sociolinguistics: Beal (2006)
(LL Issue 18.3146) |
| Academic Paper Abstract: |
Phonological Resistance and Innovation in the North-West of England
Liverpool English Thomas E. Zurinskas, Analysis of the sounds (phonemes) of USA English (Truespel Book 1). Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2004. Pp. x + 135. ISBN 1-4107-6629-2 (pbk) Introduction: what are mergers and can they be reversed? Testing claims of a usage-based phonology with Liverpool English t-to-r How salient is the nurse~square merger? |
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